Article 3: “A public servant who, in exercise of his official functions, inflicts severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, on an individual in order to obtain information or a confession from that individual or a third party, or to inflict punishment for something which that individual has or is supposed to have done, or to coerce him into performing or refrain from performing a specific action, commits the crime of torture.
Artículo 3: "Comete el delito de tortura el servidor público que, con motivo de sus atribuciones, inflija a una persona dolores o sufrimientos graves, sean físicos o psíquicos, con el fin de obtener del torturado o de un tercero, información o una confesión, o castigarla por un acto que haya cometido o se sospeche ha cometido, o coaccionarla para que realice o deje de realizar una conducta determinada.